The Royal Yacht Squadron's inaugural Westward Cup Regatta, 5th - 11th July 2010: Mariquita running up the Solent under goose-wing rig

Mariquita, a majestic cutter, was designed and built by William Fife, her first owner being Mr. A.K. Stothert of Kensington. Completed in May 1911, she was registered at 100 tons gross (60 net) and measured 82 feet in length with a 17 foot beam. Stothert enjoyed good sport with her until the Great War began in 1914, at which point she was laid up for the duration of hostilities. Sometime during the War, she was sold to Finn Bugge of Tonsberg (Norway) who renamed her Maud (IV), but she returned to British ownership in 1922, when Mr. Henry Garrett of Kensington acquired her and restored her original name. Thereafter retaining her christened name through numerous changes of ownership, she even suffered the ignominy of becoming a houseboat after the Second World War before finally being rescued and restored to her former glory. She is now one of the celebrated classic yachts that adorn the international racing circuit today.

The Westward Cup was introduced to commemorate the 100^th anniversary of the launch of the celebrated racing schooner Westward in 1910. Here, Mariquita is running dead downwind, in variable conditions, leading the fleet up the Solent, with Hurst Castle observed astern of her. Mariette is seen behind her off Hurst Point and Eleonora, without her topmasts, lost during pre-race practice, is in the distance just passing the Needles lighthouse. On corrected time Thursday's race was won by Tuiga with Mariquita taking second place and Mariette third.